The train is travelling from Xi An to Duisburg. It reached Belarus on 2 November 2022. It took Belarusian Railways less than 9 hours to finish transshipping containers from a 1520mm gauge train to a 1435mm gauge train and get the train through custom...

According to Svetlana Shestovskaya, the Belarusian nuclear power plant generates various kinds of radioactive waste. Low-level radioactive waste and medium-level waste will be stored in storage facilities for ten years and will be transferred to a ra...

China is one of the major trade partners for processing companies in Belarus. The export of food products is growing every year and in January-September 2022 the growth exceeded 50% compared to the same stretch of 2021.

Head coach Georgy Kondratiyev has called 23 players to a training camp in Minsk. The Belarusian footballers will travel to the UAE on 13 November. They will face Syria on 17 November and Oman on 20 November.

First the vaccine should undergo preclinical tests, then clinical trials, including those at Gomel State Medical University.

In line with the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management the state is fully responsible for these matters. Every country takes measures to ensure reliable protection from radiological ...

Taking part in the competitions are athletes from Belarus and Russia.

Almost 63,000 Ukrainian nationals have arrived in Belarus since February, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus.

CCTV cameras installed at the border crossing Glushkevichi (Maidan-Kopyshchansky on the Ukrainian side) detected a Ukrainian armored personnel carrier BTR-80 at 13:23 on 29 October. The APC was accompanied by a group of armed people in uniforms.

The Belarusian delegation held a substantive meeting with the management and members of the business club, which was also attended by representatives of a number of Hungarian companies interested in cooperation with partners from Belarus

Roman Golovchenko said: “So far we've managed to implement about 50% of the projects and steps stipulated by 28 Union State programs. In my opinion, the effect is obvious. In the last year we've heard nothing about so-called milk wars, gas or meat ...

I am convinced that the China International Import Expo in Shanghai will give a powerful impetus to the expansion of international economic and technological cooperation.

Roman Golovchenko said: “We have obligations both to the country and to citizens to build, reconstruct, and repair roads. This is why we are honoring them. About 800km of major motorways and about 1,400km of municipal roads will be reconstructed th...

“I want to thank my good and long-standing friend Xi Jinping. If not for his decision… It was a strong-willed decision. Everything depended on the president of the People's Republic of China. And when I was in talks with him, I asked him for this...

Aleksandr Lukashenko stated: “We will definitely provide large families with housing within one year, within two years at most. It is more important than the BNBC. It is demographic security.”

Aleksandr Lukashenko noted that the decision to keep the holiday may seem strange to the younger generation, because the authorities always say that Belarusians do not tolerate revolutions.

“A nuclear power plant means cheap electricity. In addition to converting transportation to use electricity we are now building residential houses where everything will rely on electricity. An economy cannot exist without electricity,” the presid...

"Today they are spinning this idea that ‘Lukashenko wants to send his servicemen to Ukraine!' I have already said a thousand times that I have no such plans," Aleksandr Lukashenko said.

The International Financial Center is writing history, as it will put our country on the world map and will be a pride of future generations. A capsule laying ceremony was held today.

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “We are ready for more than launching someone into outer space, for sending our own cosmonaut. We will send him soon. We are making space vehicles. We have agreed with Russia to create a joint constellation of satellites ...

Belarus' food export is estimated to amount to $8 billion in 2022, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a ceremony to launch the production of animal feed and amino acids at the Belarusian National Biotechnology Corporation (BNBC).

The head of state was thanked for the recent price control measures and was asked if the domestic market can face any deficit and empty shelves.

During his working trip to Grodno Oblast, Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko inspected the construction site of the regional cancer center, BelTA has learned.

SCST Chairman Sergei Shlychkov held a working meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Belarus Saeed Yari.

Taking part in the Belarusian exposition will be 27 organizations belonging to food industry, logistics, science, and education. Belarus' pavilion will be subdivided into two main sections: “Food and agricultural products” and “High-tech equipm...

The country's gold and foreign currency reserves went up by $86.5 million (up 1.1%) in October after rising by $39.2 million (0.5% up) in September.

The solemn launch ceremony was held at the enterprise in the run-up to 7 November. The symbolic start button was pressed by the head of state, First Deputy Prime Minister Nikolai Snopkov, Presidential Aide Aleksandr Kosinets, Chinese Ambassador to Be...

The Belarusian National Biotechnology Corporation (BNBC) will launch the production of a full complex of vitamins, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a ceremony to launch the production of mixed fodder and amino acids at BNBC.

Roman Golovchenko studied the progress in implementing the project. The future enterprise will be technology-intensive. The investment project is run by Grodno Glassworks. The project is included in the 2021-2025 innovative development program of the...

Denis Karas said: “I am convinced that the possibility is under consideration in Belarus. Green fuel – hydrogen – can be manufactured at the Belarusian nuclear power plant. In the future it will enable us to work on an environmentally friendly ...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said this during his visit to the Belarusian National Biotechnology Corporation in Pukhovichi District on 4 November.

During his visit to the BNBC, the head of state toured the facility manufacturing modern feed for the needs of the agricultural industry. The products are already a big export item.

The first question the president asked right after the arrival was: “What are we going to do next?” The head of state was informed that almost a hundred facilities had already been put into operation since the start of construction works.

The president will also tour the production facilities of the Belarusian National Biotechnology Corporation, visit a plant that makes feed for cattle and poultry, a research center and a biotech manufacturing facility. The head of state will be brief...

The government-regulated economy is the kind of economic model that proves to be the most resilient in the times of global turbulence, Chief Academic Secretary of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Vasily Gursky said at a press briefing on t...

The Presidium of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus has adopted a statement in connection with the parliamentary hearings on Belarus in the European Parliament, BelTA learned from the press service of the upper house of p...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has sent a welcome message to participants of the 28th edition of the Minsk International Film Festival Listapad.

Aleksandr Volfovich said he had met with Secretary of Russia's Security Council Nikolai Patrushev. Matters concerning the security of the Union State of Belarus and Russia and a number of other things were raised during the meeting.

Vladimir Makei and Mevlut Cavusoglu discussed topical matters concerning bilateral relations. Close attention was paid to the realization of top-level agreements and to bilateral events, which are supposed to take place soon.

As a new resident of the China-Belarus industrial park Beltamozhservice intends to implement a massive investment project, which envisages the construction of a transportation and logistics hub.

Kirill Koroteyev noted that Belarus' national pavilion and the industrial park's pavilion will be opened at the 5th China International Import Expo in Shanghai one of these days. The executive noted: “It will be the fifth time we are going to parti...

Vladimir Makei chairs the National Commission of the Republic of Belarus for UNESCO. He spoke highly of the efforts of the National Library to promote international humanitarian cooperation.

The China-Belarus industrial park Great Stone expects the 100th resident company this year, Head of the Great Stone Park Administration Aleksandr Yaroshenko told the media.

An agreement was signed between the governments of Belarus and Rostov Oblast on cooperation in trade, economy, science, technology and social and cultural affairs.

Scheduled maintenance of the giant bison sculpture on the border of Brest Oblast and Minsk Oblast is to be completed by mid-December.

Belarusian enterprises are helping out Russian producers to replace imported components, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said as he met with Governor of Rostov Oblast of Russia Vasily Golubev.

Belarus is pursuing a consistent policy to prevent the glorification of all forms and manifestations of fascism, to get the genocide of the Belarusian people recognized and to highlight the fact that the Belarusian people sustained tremendous losses ...

Roman Golovchenko said: “Positive changes are happening in our trade, economic, and humanitarian cooperation. There is steady positive dynamics. Trade turnover is the key indicator. This year's trade has surpassed the figure registered in the same ...

Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE) and the Istanbul Commodity Exchange (İstanbul Ticaret Borsası, İSTİB) will joint efforts to develop exchange trade in farm produce and timber.

“Today, cyber security issues acquire the greatest relevance, and it is still unknown what is more terrible: cyber warfare or a military aggression,” said Aleksandr Volfovich.

A monument to People's Poet of Belarus Yakub Kolas was unveiled in the town of Stolbtsy to mark his 140th anniversary

The CIS election observation mission has begun to monitor preparations for the presidential election in Kazakhstan, BelTA learned from the mission's headquarters.

Belarus is concerned over militarization of Poland and its aggressive intentions, State Secretary of the Belarusian Security Council Aleksandr Volfovich told the media.

The world is witnessing the resurgence of the neo-fascist ideology, State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus Aleksandr Volfovich told reporters following the 10th meeting of Secretaries of the CIS Security Councils in Moscow on 3 November.

Unfortunately, the attempts that the Russian Federation is making today are not perceived normally by the political leadership of Ukraine. Instead of reasoning with Zelensky, the collective West is adding fuel to the fire," Aleksandr Volfovich said.

"It is inadmissible. It does not matter whether these are tactical or strategic nuclear weapons. This will lead to irreversible consequences, the death of civilization,” said Aleksandr Volfovich.

The CIS member states are facing common challenges and risks related to outside interference. This matter was discussed at the 10th meeting of Secretaries of the CIS Security Councils in Moscow on 3 November.

"The events that took place this year in the CSTO area of responsibility showed the need to optimize CSTO's crisis response mechanisms," Valery Semerikov said.

Speaking about the prospects of industrial cooperation with Belarus, the head of the region said: “It is obvious that the time has come to do this. Import substitution and substitution of what we did not have and now must have in order to move forw...

Among the awardees there are many employees of the agricultural industry.

Ensuring biological safety in the CSTO area of responsibility has become a priority task, CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov said at the 10th meeting of Secretaries of the CIS Security Councils in Moscow on 3 November.

NATO is rapidly increasing its military presence on the western border of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov said.

Rostov Oblast of Russia offers Belarus its port services, but some issues need to be resolved at the federal level, Rostov Oblast Governor Vasily Golubev said as he met with Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko in Minsk, BelTA has learned.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko continued the practice of meetings with heads of Russian regions welcoming a delegation from Rostov Oblast, led by Governor Vasily Golubev, at the Palace of Independence in Minsk on 3 November.

“In military cooperation, an important emphasis is placed on improving professional training through joint exercises, international games and competitions,” CIS Executive Secretary Sergei Lebedev said.

The participants of the meeting agreed to set up a joint coordinating group to implement the outlined tasks.

The political scientist also noted that in addition to spending the money of either the Polish taxpayers or the European Union (it is necessary to determine who paid for it), there is a question of serious environmental damage caused to Belovezhskaya...

Belarus' world number 7 Aryna Sabalenka lost to world number 5 Maria Sakkari of Greece, 2-6, 4-6, in the second match of the WTA Finals in Fort Worth.

Taking part in the expo are leading food industry enterprises, which showcased their best products and innovations starting with fabrication lines and equipment and ending with a broad range of foods and beverages.

Anatoly Glaz said: “You know, the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs demonstrates quite an original stance. Belarus has been reaffirming its adherence to allied obligations with deeds, not words throughout its history. Including in the current co...

The KGB chief explained that the West is trying to destroy the Belarusian economy and get rid of Belarusian enterprises as competitors on the global market. “The Republic of Belarus is a valuable resource. There is something to divvy up here,” Iv...

Head of the Belarus President Administration Igor Sergeyenko noted that representatives of the defense, security, and law enforcement agencies had come to Naftan as one of Vitebsk Oblast's flagship enterprises on an information mission.

Igor Butkevich noted that Belarus' visa-waiver program has become an irritating factor for the governments of the Baltic states.

The parties agreed to advance ties in development of projects in landscaping architecture and development projects of various functional purposes, including with the use of 3D visualization.

Director of the export promotion center Arkady Murzayev also spoke about the difference of the BUCE from ordinary electronic trading platforms.

“The parties discussed a proposal to form a consortium of national strategic development institutions of the EAEU member states - the Eurasian Agency for Strategic Initiatives. As part of the work in this area, a package of documents on the develop...

The meeting is expected to discuss topical issues of international and regional security, including the development of the situation in the post-Soviet space in the context of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine.

The Belarusian mechanical engineering company Amkodor plans to increase the supply of equipment to Russia's Rostov Oblast. The matter was discussed during a meeting between the company's representatives and Sergei Sizikov, Minister of Housing and Uti...

According to Yuri Chebotar, by focusing on manufacturing industry as the main growth point Petrikov District has been able to demonstrate a faster development pace in comparison to the rest of the oblast.

The work on the agreement on the common gas market in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) is on the home stretch, while the work on the creation of the common oil market is proceeding in line with the schedule, official representative of the Eurasian ...

Soft financing of industrial projects in the EAEU will be available primarily to aircraft industry, microelectronics, pharmaceuticals, machine tool building, and mechanical engineering, official representative of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC...

The defense minister stressed that, despite what is happening, Belarus and Russia have achieved great results in military cooperation this year.

The other day Aleksandr Lukashenko announced he would meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. The implementation of integration projects is likely to become one of the topics of the presidents' talks. The sides had previously agreed that Ru...

“As for the Belarusian People's Congress, we believe that we are pioneers in this field. Although, of course, the People's Republic of China has good experience in this matter. Even the president in China is elected by the National People's Congres...

The world market of microelectronics is very monopolized, Georgy Grits said. More than 50% of microchips, or 1.2 trillion units worth more than one and a half trillion U.S. dollars, is actually produced in two places: Chinese Taiwan and the Republic ...

Belarus and Russia are now engaged in joint import-substituting projects. Most of them will be implemented by enterprises of the Industry Ministry.

“The House of Representatives kicked off the work on the bill on the Belarusian People's Congress right after the constitutional referendum. A lot of work was done. Most importantly it was as open as possible. Working on the document were MPs, memb...

The bill on the Belarusian People's Congress is a truly people's document, Chairman of the House of Representatives Vladimir Andreichenko said at the seminar to discuss the legal framework for the Belarusian People's Congress.

The bill on the Belarusian People's Congress will pass the first reading before the end of the year, Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly Vladimir Andreichenko said at the seminar to discuss the legal framework for the Be...

“The world has entered an era of severe turbulence. Today no one can clearly predict what scenario events will unfold over the next decade,” said Vladimir Andreichenko.

As is known, this money is to be used to launch production of import-substituting products in Belarus. Belarus has the necessary competencies, but in order to fully meet the needs of the Russian market after the withdrawal of Western companies, Belar...

Three tournaments will take place at the Baranovichi Ice Palace. About 210 fledgling athletes from all over the country will take part in the second stage of Belarus' open cup in figure skating. Most of the children will come from Gomel, Minsk, Baran...

The CIS Capitals of Culture status is usually granted to non-capital cities of the CIS member states. The project is known for an extensive, exciting and diverse program of cultural and humanitarian events.

The measures taken in Belarus are a response to the actions of the country's opponents, Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin said as he met with labor collectives to brief them on ongoing military and political developments in Belarus and abroad, BelTA ha...

Mozyr Engineering Plant is gaining a foothold in the market of the Republic of Bashkortostan of the Russian Federation as part of production cooperation and close partnerships.

The pavilion showcases Belarus' achievements in key economic sectors: woodworking, automotive industry, petrochemical industry, light industry, agriculture and food production, pharmaceuticals and medicine, science, technology and education, and tour...

The bills were put out for public discussion on 24 October. They were posted in special sections of the Legal Forum of Belarus. Those who want to contribute their views will still be able to do it on 2 November.

2 November 1939 saw one of the life-changing events in the history of Belarus.